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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Tuesday, June 18, 2013
SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR: Corey Sets Book Dates
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has announced a few in store appearances for his second book.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven (Or, How I Made...Tags: Queens of the Stone Age (music group), Capitol Records, Def Leppard (music group), Track and Field, Social Media
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Missing School Board Member Prompts Questions
Has anyone seen Luis Rodriguez-Davila? Mr. Rodriguez-Davila is a member of the Hartford Board of Education. Published minutes indicate he has not been at a board meeting since Nov. 20. He has not answered calls or emails, and the word on the street is...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Charter Schools, Richard M. Daley
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What to get for the political dad who has everything
What do political dads really want on Father's Day? I'm not a political dad. So all I'd like is a pair of leopard-print spandex bike shorts and a Big Wheel Sidewalk Screamer, that I may go on bike rides with the mayor of Chicago. But what do political...
Tags: Michael Madigan, Rahm Emanuel, Government, Jesse Jackson, Jr., U.S. Department of Justice
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Details of billboard deal raise questions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's no-bid deal for new expressway billboards guarantees the city far less than half the $700 million the private vendor expects to make and essentially requires Chicago to repay all the upfront cash the mayor touted as a key selling...
Tags: Marketing, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley
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Cook sheriff moving to be IG in suburbs
When the new mayor of Hazel Crest took office this spring, he discovered that the village manager and two top employees had received double-digit pay hikes that he thought violated town rules. But instead of trying to get the attention of federal or...
Tags: Dolton, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Budgets and Budgeting, Hazel Crest
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Preckwinkle to announce re-election campaign
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will launch her re-election bid Tuesday, saying she wants another four years to try to reform the way the county locks up adult and juvenile criminal defendants and to get more people out to the forest...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Todd H. Stroger, Toni Preckwinkle, Ronald Reagan, Rahm Emanuel
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Illinois governor hopefuls start their engines
State lawmakers had barely peeled out of Springfield following a session where key issues stalled when a slew of politicians who want to be Illinois governor saw the green flag waving to launch the 2014 race. A pair of Republicans, Treasurer Dan...
Tags: Michael Madigan, Rahm Emanuel, Government, Republican Party, Bill Brady
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Editorial: Have Illinois' problems outgrown its leaders?
"I think most people would agree that what Illinois needs right now are leaders who actually govern, who set a clear course to take on our biggest challenges while bringing enough people around to their view to get things done." —Potential...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Lisa Madigan, Regional Authority, Government
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Prosecutors: Send Sandi Jackson to prison first, then Jackson Jr.
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors urged today that former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. be sent to prison for four years and his wife, Sandi Jackson, be incarcerated for 18 months. In making the recommendation, prosecutors suggested the prison terms...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Mental Illness, Trials, Prosecution, Sandi Jackson
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Quinn calls special legislative session for June 19
— Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is summoning lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session June 19 to try to break a stalemate over the state's massive public employee pension debt that triggered two downgrades from major credit rating agencies...
Tags: Michael Madigan, Government, Credit and Debt, Primaries, Republican Party
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Rutherford running for Illinois governor in 2014
Tribune reporterState Treasurer Dan Rutherford kicked off a campaign for the 2014 Republican governor nomination Sunday, touting himself as the only statewide officeholder among the GOP field. "It's hard to win statewide as a Republican, but I can tell you what, I'm...Tags: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Barack Obama, Lisa Madigan, Regional Authority
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'Weak mayor' system keeps Toronto ticking through crack controversy
Reuters* City's business gets done despite accusation against mayor * Mayor Rob Ford denies allegations by media of drug use By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 30 (Reuters) - Between the army of reporters camped at his door and an exodus of top aides, Toronto Mayor...Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Michael Bloomberg, Lifestyle and Leisure, Cocaine, Tea Party Movement
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